CSS Florida was a sloop-of-war in the service of the Confederate States Navy. She served as a commerce raider during the American Civil War before being sunk in 1864.
CSS Florida
Illustration from Harper's Weekly in 1863 of CSS Florida (left) burning the clipper Jacob Bell (right) off the West Indies on 13 February 1863. She had captured Jacob Bell the previous day.
The pirate Florida burning the barque Golconda, off Cape Henry, July 8, 1864
The Florida intercepting the U.S. Mail steamer Electric Spark, from New York to New Orleans, July 10, 1864
John Newland Maffitt (privateer)
John Newland Maffitt was an officer in the Confederate States Navy who was nicknamed the "Prince of Privateers" due to his success as a blockade runner and commerce raider in the U.S. Civil War.
Commander John Newland Maffitt, CSN in 1863
John Newland Maffitt